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NT leaders hope Kevin Andrews’ preselection loss will reignite euthanasia debate
Northern Territory politicians are hopeful Liberal MP Kevin Andrews’ departure from federal politics may help the NT and ACT claw back the ability to make their own assisted dying laws.
Key points:
- Mr Andrews introduced the 1996 bill banning the ACT and NT from passing laws on voluntary euthanasia
- There is support among NT politicians to overturn the legislation
- But the Federal Government has no plans to repeal the bill
In 1996, Mr Andrews introduced a bill banning both territories from passing laws on voluntary euthanasia — legislation that still prevents the jurisdictions from doing so today.
Mr Andrews was ousted by his own party when he failed to secure preselection for his Victorian seat of Menzies on Sunday.
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